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TWICE-A-VEEK T7IGE-A-WEEK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XVI. 1- ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. For the 4th or Jely Celebration Lawns and Summer Dress Goods at Reduced Prices, , - ' ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ASK Will pay for itself in the fruit it will save. Self Sealing. Easy to open.- No Cutting or burning of fingers or no spoiling of fruit. Fruit preserving a pleasure and not a drudg ery as it is with other Jars. For sale by COX. & M'EWEN, SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATHENA, OREGON. eera iflicflers , ALL KINDS OF MACHINE EXTRAS NOW ON HAND Hardware Stock: is Complete. Groceries, Crockery, THE ML BROTHERS South Side Main n a FOR INCORPORATED. (Vtowers Headers (rents' rurnisnin Street, ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, IS READY FOR TRIAL APPROACHING EXPERIMENT OF ELGIN FLYING MACHINE Grant Kees, the Inventor, Is a Me chanic of Ability and an Ex Railroad Man. La Oi'gtitluiJ'uw DQ.- The people of Union county are anxiously awaiting the trial trip of the flying machine tbat is beicg invented by Grant Kees of El gin. Mr. Keys uas been at work on this aeroplane for some months,. Brief' has it now so far put together that he has been able Jo move it to La Grande and baa placed it 100 feet in the air at Morgan lake, three miles from the city. He is waiting his propelling machine which he expects to arrive at any time from Massachusetts, before making the final test.N The propeller is to be a Specially con structed oscillating gasoline engine de veloping 15 horse power and weighing less than 100 pounds, with the prepelling arms extending beneath the lower plane. The machine will move through the air with the 40 feet length to the front. The aeroplane has been tested as a kite and in a light wind will raise 100 pounds from the earth, without the engine, and requires five or six men to hold it down in a moderate breeze. It will weigh, complete with the engine, about 550 pounds, and has an area of 1,280 square feet of canvas. . This aeroplane consists of two hori zontal planes of 10-ounce canvass 16x40 feet in area, joined together, one above the other at a distance of 10 feet, with a frame work of Oregon fir, made from pieces 1 inch square and solidly braced ia every direction with light wire. Keys is an old railroad man, having fired an engine out of La Grande on the O. R. & N. for a number of years, and is a fine mechanic, and the people of East ern Oregon have much faith in the suc cess of his aeroplane. McGraw for Vice-President. Parkersberg, W. V., June 28. The West Virginia delegation to the St. Louis convention started from here to day occupying several private cars. They will launch a boom at St. Louis for John T. McGraw of West Virginia, as a vice-president candidate. Athena, Oregon. COSfflP'Y gs THE JAPANESE HAVE TAKEN THREE PORTS After Battle Which Lasted From Day break Until Late in Afternoon. Tokio, June 30. Particulars of the fighting before Port Arthur on Sundu last, during which the Japanese secure possession-Of the Chikwatshan, Chiian san onJ Sochosan forts, are slow in ar riving, General Oku withholding hia official account until the complete plans are carried out. From official accounts, how ver.it is learned tbat the battle lasted from an early hour in the morn ing until five o'clock in the afternoon, and even after the Russians had been driven out of their works they reformed and attempted to retake the positions whence they had been driven. The Japanese had been preparing for the attack for a week. Their scouts had penetrated to the very edge of the forts, The Prohibition Platform Indianapolis, June 30. The national prohibition convention today nominated Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania for president, and George W. Corral! of Texas for vice-president. 1 The platform declares the destruction of the present legalized sale of alcoholics beverages to be the most important ques tion in American politics and denounces the lack of statesmanship exhibited by the leaders of both the democratic and republican parties in their refusal to recognize the paramount importance of the subject. - Six planks deal with the prohibition Three Years Boise City, June 30. Lawrence Gip- son of Caldwell, Idaho, has been noti fied that he has been awarded the Rhodes scholarship by the faculty of the state university. This means a three years' course at Oxford, including a portion of each year to be devoted to travel in the various countries of Europe. Four thousand five hundred dollars goes Court Has a Pendleton. July 1 There was nothing slow, mediocre or drowsy about the Taylor divorce case yesterday.' From the beginning until court adjourned for the day the spectator? were given a run for their money. Miss Alice Taylor, daughter, testified that she believed her father was a liar, and another daughter, Miss Minnie Taylor, substantiated this evidence. The defense is endeavoring to Bhow tbat Mrs. Taylor was making all this trouble simply to compel Mr. Tay lor to deed her her share of the prop- White Captured by Officer Pendleton, June 29. Grover White, believed by the authorities to be impli cated with young Duffy in the theft of three head of cattle from the ranch of Sol Lemery, near Adams, last night was arrested by Deputy Sheriff McNeill at Prosser, Wash.', on a description furn ished by Sheriff Taylor. News of the err-Gifford By the change in the proprietorship of the Athena mill, the Kerr-Gifford Co. dealers in grain, are temporarily without warehouse facilities but the company will not remain in this state long. A site for a new warehouse has been se lected on the Gillis spur by the company and workmen will rush the building through to completion in time to take care of this season's crop. Mr. Frank 190. so that accurate maps of the in tervening ground were in the hands of the chiefs of divisions on Saturday night, when the first firward movement was undertaken. The troops slept in their blankets to the eastward of the Russian position Saturday night and at daybreak the order to advance was I The Japanese were, formed in three lines, while the artillery had teen posted in right angles to the fort so that its 2 re would prove most effective. The mount ed infantry and regular cavalry were posted west of Pintu with orders to guard against any attempted flauking movement and at the same time to be in a position to support the infantry. issue, denouncing all unusual methods of dealing with the liquor traffic. Venturing . into broader fields, the platform declares in favor of the im partial enforcement of all laws safe guarding the people's rights, by a rigid application of the principles of justice to all combinations of capital and labor and wise adaptation of the principles of the initiative and referendum and inter national arbitration. Reform in divorce laws, extirpation of. polygamy and overthrow of the il legal sanction of the social evil are de manded." Term Oxford with the scholarship for bearing the ex penses of the course. Mr. Gipson is the son of A. E. Gipson, editor of the Gem State Rural, and is a graduate of the College of Idaho, of this place, as well as of -the state university. He is receiv ing congratulations from many friends here. He will probably leave to take up his werk at Oxford the latter part of August. Lively Case erty. Several witnesses were asked con cerning this and some of them gave answers favorable to Mr. Taylor and some to Mrs. Taylor. Judge Fee, attorney for Mrs. Tay lor, created a furor when be addressed the court, explaining how and why they had reasons to believe tbat the plaictiff was trying to evade the law in regard to witness, saying that the defense believed George Bradley of Athena, a witness badly needed by the defense, Lad been spirited out of the state by the plaintiff. Mr. Peterson refuted this. . ablest was wired Sheriff Taylor this morning, and Deputy J. A. Blakely. Duffy was arrested in the Blue moun tain district by Sheriff Taylor about two weeks ago. The stolen cattle were taken to Walla Walla and two head were sold . Lemery recovered them be fore they were slaughtered. Co. Will Build Rogers, the efficient manager, who had charge of the company's business in this city last year has been retained and and he will cont'nue in the employ of the company. Mr. Rogers was offered the deputy ship in the county clerk's office, and in fact was counted on as the man for the place. Since he will not serve, another deputy will be named by the newly elected county clerk. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR NUMBER 47 the celebration ATHENA IS READY FOB HER TWO-DAY JOLLIFICATION. The Program Completed-Miss Gertie Luna Elected In Contest for Goddess. Only a bad actor for a weather man can prevent Athena from making her two-day Fourth of July celebration a rousing success. The different commit tees have their work well .in hand and the town is ready to give her visitors a welcome royal and provide plenty of entertainment. . Tbe program is completed and the different parts are in competent hands. Nothing has Veen left undone that in the least would contribute to the enjoy ment of the occasion. . The voting contest closed promptly at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, and when the ballots were counted Miss, Gertie Luna had won the contest over Mi Veltna Wilkinson by 12 votes, Miss Luna receiving 316 and Miss Wilkinson 304 votes. The arbor will be made ready tomor row, The canvas, evergreen trees and seats will be placed in readinesss by Mitt Bush, who was given the contract for the work. Program July 4. PART I. Parade 10 a. m. Music Band Address of Welcome Mayor Taylor "My Country 'Tis of Thee" Chorus Reading Declaration of Independence, . Mrs. R. C.French Music Band Oration Judge S. A. Lowell " i : PART II. 1:30 "Km. Music..., Baud "Star Spangled Banner" Chorus Recitation, "Barbara Freitchie" Gladys Bush Vocal Solo, "Down in Tennessee, "Rider ..Miss Maud Gholson Address ...Rev. J.W.Jenkins Recitation, "Independence Bell" Cora Davison "Flag of Freedom" Chorus Recitation, "How They Rose in '76".... Cecile Boyd Vocal Solo, "Beside the Camp Fire," by F. K. Root Mrs. Anna Fobs Music Band Recitation, "The Angels of Buenavista" Mrs. Florence Alloway Vocal Solo, Selected. . ........Mrs. .Mary Wright Address ' Will M.Peterson Music , Band On Main street. 8 p. m. 100 yard hose race, prize $7.50. July 5th. PART III. 10:30 a. m. Music Band Address M. L. Watts Vocal Solo, "If I Were a Rose". Mrs. M. W. Smith Recitation, selected Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre Quartet, Selected High School Music ,' Band Quartet, Selected Mesdames Smith and Fobs, Messrs. Acre aud Botkin Address ...Rev. W. E. Armfield Vocal Solo, Selected Jos. N, Scott Music Band 130 p.m. Music Band Sports. Tuesday, July 5th, 2:30 p. m. on Main atrAnt r 100 yard foot race a An -First prize $3, second prize i. 10D yard boys' race j : oi en First prize $2, second prize i-uu. mile bicycle race second prize 82.50. : First prize $3.50, Three legged race, 50 yds. First prize $3, second prize $1.50. Tu? of war. sinele men vs. married njen x ruse u. Catching greased pig Prize $2.50. Program to close in evening with music, fireworks display and dancing. Diet From Heat The first death from the excessive heat in the harvest fields reported this season occurred near Walla Walla Tues day. Michael Scott, who bad been working for Hancock Bros, in the north ern part of Umatilla county, was over come and fell from a header box, strik ing his head on the ground. He was taken to the house, but died a few min utes later, never having recovered con sciousness. It is not certain whether his death was due to injuries received from the fall or is directly attributed to heat. Tt-l... 0 ')